hi people im jack,
not new to fords as my 1st car was a mk3 1.1 fiesta but that didnt last long (hg).....
anyways i bought a focus last week off my boss, £400. not the best condition as theres lacquer peel on the bonnet but the rest of the car is fine. im real happy with it, such a comfortable drive and a nice clean interior. must say its the best car iv owned so far.

anyways the focus.....



oh last pic reminds me i did give it a problem and iv noticed its quite common, bloody oil cap. i knew it was push and twist but it just wouldnt push down, then the bloody thing snapped all internals and the top bit comes off, the bung is still in the cam cover though, but gives me the perfect reason to take off the cam cover and paint it and get an upgraded oil filler cap


oh you might be wondering about my title (rx7 powered fiesta) well at work my boss has a rx7, perfect engine, body has seen better days, hes bought a fiesta and yup he wants to put the rx7 in it.....
iv wrote the progress on another webiste so give me 5 mins and il post up pics, vids etc from that thread....
look forward to spending some time here with you guys

 

not my project but im doing a lot of the work.
both are my bosses cars and we (I) just started this project today so not a great deal done.
1st of all we have this...


not the subaru, the rx7 behind it its the only pic i have of it up to now as iv only just decided to do a progress thread for it.

the engine:


the exhaust [smitten.gif] [smitten.gif] [smitten.gif] ........




and erm the car its going in



ford fiesta .if im correct its the mk4
yeah not my first choice either but its not my project im just the grafter lol.

not many pics so far but what iv done today is take off bonnet, grill, front and rear bumper, every separate bit of the exhaust. removed rad,fan, expansion tank, battery and tray, lights, air intake, disconnected fuel lines from from rail. removed and labelled every bit of the engine loom.
not done to bad i dont think as its 1st time iv had my head in one of these and been distracted with a couple of other jobs lol.



to say how much iv done it really doesnt look a lot lol.
tomorrow i will be removing gear linkages, and disconnecting the hydraulic hoses from gearbox and then disconnecting the wheels side of things then the engine and box will be out.
nothing more i can say really.
i would say i dont think this is going to be easy and wont work but been told to think positive so yeah this will work and be one hell of a rwd fiesta lol. more pics and info tomorrow

 

today got some pics of the mazda for yas




ok so today I got the gear linkages off, the hydraulic hose off the gearbox, the vacume hose off the master cylinder and inlet, checked everything was off the engine and lifted out the engine but 1st off my boss cut off the top slam pannel



engine up up and awayyyyyy.....





then I cracked on with stripping out the interior so we can sort where the tube for rwd might go..


took the seats out and ripped carpet out and found some wet newspaper under the carpet


so got the rest out...





then someone came round to do some measuring for a frame to put on the fiesta so we can get the fez in the air and rotate it round so its easier to work on





good idea me thinks. rolling the car round at head height saves dragging yourself under it to chop and measure and weld...

also I got proof off the reg plate it was made for this job. I needed to mod it a little tho...

so I finished off the badge...


also I got the fuel tank and fuel filter off and the spair wheel and cage. another good day I think
more to update on tuesday when im next in

as it is now...

 

bit more done today. funny thing is it only took me 2 days to get it to where it is now but today spent half a day messing about with a bloody cv joint lol. strange how things can go like that.

anyways as above iv disconnected the driveshafts at the cv joint and removed the gearbox.
also removed the gear selectors fully from the car. had to push the fiesta out the garge and put a cover over and works on hold until this rotating frame is ready which should be any time soon
pics....

gearbox out



after a few hours........ the driveshaft out at the cv joints


and the gear linkages


and now its in hiding until the stand arrives......

 

frame arrived today. late after noon though so we only managed to fit the car on there. frame still needs a couple of bits done to it but it works






take it for a spin they said....... itl be fun.....




it was a bit of a test fit. but car can now be stripped easier underneath now. get wheels off and rear beam as it still weighs a bloody ton on the frame (quite hard to rotate). but it does work next step strip the rest of the fez n then start on the rx

 

annnnd thats it for now....
if theres names mentioned or other cars (my previous civic) then oppologies, iv just coppied and pasted off my other thread on another forum, done some editing but dunno if iv removed it all. hope you enjoy it.
not sure when we are carrying on with it yet, boss bought an m3 and done a load of work to that so the fez has been sat still on the frame for a couple of weeks and its built a puddle on the roof lining as its been on the frame upside down lol.
hopefully get back onto it soon, next step is remove the wheels and struts i think and most probs the roof lining, boss will be making a tunnel on the fez for the RWD system off the rx.
but the little thing is going to be a beast if it works.....
225bhp at the wheels the mazda is
hope we can pull it off.....

mods on my focus, nothing as of yet, saving for a holiday so going to be a very very slow progress....for now.....

 

This will be nuts

 

Very cool project.You cant beat a ford focus.

 

Awesome! Sounds the nuts!

 

jack frost played his part on the fez this morning


ice skating anyone?


no more work on it yet, soon though

 

never heard of rotary in a fiesta so looking forward to this one.

 

will be updating soon as things happen, got more work on the m3. sanding down some other alloys for it to be resprayed. so cant see anything being done on the fiesta next week.
the puddle on the roof lining is getting bigger though haha

 

well after owning the focus a month iv managed to do my 1st mod.....



there sprayed black and iv just bunged them back in the oven to stick them back together.
not much of a mod but its a start and will set the car off a bit more at the front....

 

Cool mod.You should of put mk1.5 focus light in it.

 

can you tell me at what gas mark you cook your lights lol

 

Hopefully not to high.

 

100 for about 5mins, check every min though make sure they aint melting, and if you feel lucky chuck some roast potatoes and mixed veg in too

well i had the paint lying about so thought id crack on with this, would preffer the 1.5 lights though but hopefully get some black angel eyes so these are realy just a temp thing and to get the ball rolling on a few mods